The RT Hon Else Countess Beauchamp Deceased Charitable Trust

Analysis

The RT Hon Else Countess Beauchamp Deceased Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Crediton. It was registered in November 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The RT Hon Else Countess Beauchamp Deceased Charitable Trust reported income of £147k and spending of £125k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £109k to £147k (+35%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The RT Hon Else Countess Beauchamp Deceased Charitable Trust sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include City of Plymouth Theatre Company (£147k), The Haworth Charitable Trust (£147k) and Wharfedale Agricultural Society (£147k).